MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F111.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508040600F111.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 111 hour GFS valid 21Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 47.61,-98.43 Latitude: 47.61 Longitude: -98.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 33 SFC 953 452 28.3 21.2 66 7.0 23.2 16 12 305.6 308.7 298.0 356.2 16.91 2 950 479 27.4 20.6 66 6.8 22.5 20 14 305.0 308.0 297.4 353.7 16.28 3 900 956 23.0 19.1 79 3.9 20.2 37 15 305.2 308.1 297.1 352.0 15.64 4 850 1453 19.7 17.1 85 2.6 17.9 77 10 306.8 309.6 296.8 350.7 14.60 5 800 1974 16.2 15.0 93 1.1 15.4 125 12 308.4 310.9 296.5 349.4 13.54 6 750 2521 12.6 12.0 96 0.6 12.2 158 17 310.3 312.5 295.8 346.3 11.81 7 700 3101 13.7 0.5 41 13.1 6.3 189 31 317.6 318.7 293.3 335.8 5.69 8 650 3721 9.7 -5.4 34 15.1 2.1 206 34 319.9 320.7 292.4 332.8 3.94 9 600 4379 3.9 -9.9 36 13.9 -2.3 217 35 320.7 321.2 291.9 330.6 2.99 10 550 5078 -1.8 -14.8 36 13.0 -6.8 218 43 322.0 322.4 291.6 329.4 2.20 11 500 5827 -8.8 -14.0 66 5.2 -10.8 213 48 322.3 322.8 292.0 330.9 2.59 12 450 6632 -15.7 -16.2 96 0.5 -15.9 213 48 323.5 323.9 292.2 331.6 2.40 13 400 7508 -21.6 -29.3 50 7.7 -23.2 218 45 326.9 327.0 291.7 329.9 0.85 14 350 8481 -27.4 -38.8 33 11.3 -29.0 223 43 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.2 0.38 15 300 9574 -34.9 -45.7 32 10.9 -35.8 221 39 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.1 0.21 16 250 10819 -45.0 -52.5 43 7.5 -45.4 214 36 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.6 0.12 17 200 12267 -57.3 -59.1 79 1.9 -57.3 227 22 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.4 0.07 18 150 14050 -60.3 -72.5 19 12.1 -60.5 224 32 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16616 -57.3 -84.7 2 27.5 -57.7 221 18 417.1 417.1 307.4 417.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.76 m Freezing level: 565.46 mb = 4861.79 m = 15950.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.78 mb = 4033.35 m = 13232.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.92 C = 87.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.99 mb = 1341.09 m = 4399.84 ft T: 20.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.26 C/km ThetaE index: 26.82 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.14 mb = 1770.55 m = 5808.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.42 C = 86.76 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: -6.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.47 C Showalter Index: -6.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.57 C Cross Totals Index: 25.94 C K Index: 32.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2401.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.74 mb = 1496.02 m = 4908.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.74 mb = 2072.44 m = 6799.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 730.74 mb = 2739.76 m = 8988.61 ft B at Equ Level: 18.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 700.74 mb = 3092.56 m = 10146.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.6 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 233.6 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 390.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 390.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.64 Bulk Rich Number: 9.47 Bulk Shear: 253.62 m/s